Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Recife, Brazil 🇧🇷, home to about 3.65 million people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 8.0737° N, 145.0824° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Recife, Brazil 🇧🇷 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 8.0737° S, 34.9176° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 8.0737° N, 145.0824° E |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Guam 🇬🇺 — 578 km (359 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Agana, Guam — 601 km (373 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Recife's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 578 km (359 miles) south of the nearest coast, which belongs to Guam 🇬🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Agana, Guam, about 601 km (373 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Recife; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (8.0737° S becomes 8.0737° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (34.9176° W becomes 145.0824° E). More on how antipodes work.
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